1 John 2:15-24

New King James Version

Do Not Love the World

^15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ^(C)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷ And ^(D)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Deceptions of the Last Hour

^18 (E)Little children, ^(F)it is the last hour; and as you have heard that ^(G)the^[a] Antichrist is coming, ^(H)even now many antichrists have come, by which we know ^(I)that it is the last hour. ^19 (J)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(K)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out ^(L)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

²⁰ But ^(M)you have an anointing ^(N)from the Holy One, and ^(O)you^[b] know all things. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

^22 (P)Who is a liar but he who denies that ^(Q)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (R)Whoever denies the Son does not have the ^(S)Father either; ^(T)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

²⁴ Therefore let that abide in you ^(U)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, ^(V)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.